Camera Test Utility

This utility is meant for camera manufacturers that want to test their IEEE-1394 or GigE 
camera's compatibility with the NI-IMAQdx driver.  You must have the NI-IMAQdx driver 
version 3.0 or higher installed, and have a camera plugged in, detected correctly in MAX, 
and associated with the NI-IMAQdx driver to use this utility.

To create a test report, simply run the executable and by default it will 
use the first camera found and create a test report in the same folder the 
executable was run from.  If you want to specify a specific camera or location 
to save the test results, you will need to pass these command line arguments 
to the executable. To do this, go to Start>>Run and type cmd (for the command prompt)
Go to the directory where the executable is using the cd command.  For example:
cd c:
cd temp

Here is a list of command line arguments:

/iid:<camera name> 
By default the validator grabs the first available camera and tests that. If more cameras are in the system, use this tag to choose another camera to test. 
eg: CameraValidator.exe /iid:cam1

/out:<report name>
By default the validator generates the name for the compatibility report. If you wish to override the filename for the report, use this tag to specify a different report file.
eg: CameraValidator.exe /out:MyCameraReport.htm

/time:<acquisition time>
By default the validator acquires for 5000 ms before switching to the next video mode. If you wish to override the acquisition time, use this tag to specify the desired duration to acquire.
eg: CameraValidator.exe /time:1000

/display
By default the validator acquires images without displaying them. If you wish to override the display behavior, use this tag to enable image display.
eg: CameraValidator.exe /display

/log
By default the validator acquires image without saving them. If you wish to override the logging behavior, use this tag to enable image logging.
eg: CameraValidator.exe /log

The test will take several minutes, but when it is complete, you can email the htm file
to support@ni.com and we will add the camera and the test report to Camera Advisor 
(www.ni.com/camera).